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The Medical Arts Building at 1105 Pandora Avenue is the focus of a redevelopment effort by Vancouver-based Amadon Group, Citified has learned.

Plans indicate the developer intends to restore the 1950's-era office and commercial block and transform it into condos, while padding the height with an additional two floors of residences along the north and west wings. On the surface parking lot immediately to the south, at Johnson and Cook streets, a four-storey, woodframe mixed-use condo and commercial building is also envisioned. [Full article]

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Nice to see something - anything - happening there after all these years. That is a very tired underwhelming building and the overall lot terribly underutilized given the proximity to downtown. Should be fun to see what the final outcome is because whatever the result it can't help but improve the block.

Geez my doctors is in that building, didn't renovate his office very long ago, guess his lease wasn't too long. The buildings is a little creepy I got to say and the elevators.

Remember leaving the doctors once and decided to use the stairs guy blasted past me thought it was kind of weird by the time I got to the lobby the police were rushing the building, apparently robbed something.

...The Medical Arts Building at 1105 Pandora Avenue is the focus of a redevelopment effort by Vancouver-based Amadon Group,...On the surface parking lot immediately to the south, at Johnson and Cook streets, a four-storey, woodframe mixed-use condo and commercial building is also envisioned. [Full article]

Assuming this proposal goes through (and I can see no logical reason why it should not, it seems like a no-brainer to me), how long before there will be pressure to bid adieu to the Mazda dealership at the opposite corner?

I think the Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership is the more likely to go, they've put zero money into their building over the past 10-15 years, while the Mada dealership has done a couple of upgrades to modernize their building. Ideally they both go along with Audi. Just a matter of time.

Assuming this proposal goes through (and I can see no logical reason why it should not, it seems like a no-brainer to me), how long before there will be pressure to bid adieu to the Mazda dealership at the opposite corner?

Something in the range of 6-12 storeys would fit nicely here.

Perhaps the Volvo dealership will move back in with a 6 story showroom and rooftop garage.

Regarding the nearby car dealerships: wouldn't the Audi Autohaus probably be the first dealership to see its lot redeveloped? They are moving to a site on Douglas in the Burnside-Gorge area... though I suppose its possible that the parent company will try to place something else at Cook/Yates instead.

Now I wonder if anything is planned for the SE corner of Cook/Johnson, currently home to a hair salon, café, and surface lot...